Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 728 Spielberg's Thanks to Ronald
"Spielberg has something to ask you, you call his agent."

Nisita came out of the office indirectly and gave Ronald a message.

"I'll call him, and I'll leave it to you on the side of 'Smugness'. Many executives and producers of the crew have to divide power. Richard and Simkins are inexperienced, and only you can handle it. Anyway, as long as Just set the rules when filming starts so that other people don't interfere with the heroine I choose."

Nisita made an OK gesture.The [-]th Century Fox production department is in a state of chaos. Ronald has been assigned the position of the heroine in it, and needs someone to watch over and prevent others from being bullied. Now only Nisita can do it.

"Hello? I'm Ronald, and I want to talk to Mr. Spielberg." Although Ronald does not have the status of Spielberg, many people want him to read his script every day.

In order to stop these harassments, they always call someone to find someone, and then ask the other party to call back.When you meet a director who is bigger than Ronald like Spielberg, you need to release this kind of film. You call my agent first, then I call your agent, and you call my agent. Drama.

"Ronald? This is Steven."

Spielberg finally got on the phone with Ronald, "I want to thank you for giving Chris Columbus a chance to direct. I was going to ask Amberlin to choose a script and let him try to be a director. I didn't expect you And Disney found him directly, and he was able to get the director's job by himself, and I am also very pleased with his progress."

"Don't mention that, we are old friends." Ronald smiled.Spielberg used Columbus as a screenwriter, and he didn't give him a further opportunity after using it for years. Now that he has become a director through his own way, Spielberg is talking cheaply.

This is the habit of these Jews, as long as you are intimidated by them for the first time, there is a steady stream of exploitation after that.As long as they resist when dealing with each other for the first time, they will be more disciplined.

"I didn't know that you were also interested in helping Chris. I was ahead of the game. Columbus is very good. Even without me, he would have gotten the touchstone opportunity by himself. Now he has started to make a lot of preparations, and he got the script within a few days. , I drew the sub-shots of the main scene..."

"Haha... yes, Chris is an excellent person," Spielberg said, "And I went to shoot over there. Is there any response?"

"I have already received a long-distance call from my partner in Xujiahui. It is not easy to make a cross-ocean call from him. I have to wait in line for two hours. I dial back. The quality of the call is also very poor. We yelled for a long time. It took an hour to decide what to say. It would be more convenient to send a telegram."

Ronald complained a little about the work he had done for Spielberg and the Xujiahui studio.

The studio in the north is focusing on filming Italian director Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor" this year. It is said that even a deputy minister of the same family as the emperor (he was also an actor) played a major supporting role. ——A teacher who was in charge of the last emperor in the War Criminals Management Office.

The studio in Xujiahui also wanted to improve its status by inviting Spielberg to make a movie.

After negotiation with relevant organizations, the Bund, Xujiahui, and several garden houses designed by the famous architect Hudec can be opened to Spielberg.And the locations in Chedun and Songjiang can also be opened to him unconditionally.

All kinds of old-fashioned cars are still in stock in the warehouse of the film studio. Please ask Hollywood prop masters to check and modify them in advance.

"You remember the names of two people," Ronald gave Spielberg the contact information of Xiaoyan, the son of Yan Zhongfang, his de facto partner in the lightning business.There is also the assistant director Huang who really wants to be an independent director.

"When you get there, you can go to them. Xiaoyan's English is pretty good, and she can act as an interpreter. Assistant Director Huang is familiar with the things on the set. If you have any technical problems, you can ask her to solve them."

"Huang, Yan, OK", Spielberg wrote down the names of the two.

"When you arrive at Xujiahui Studio, just mention their names. They will transfer them for you. It is a rare opportunity to study in your crew."

After chatting with Spielberg, Ronald came out to continue the meeting with several people.

"The touchstone side is more rigorous. The progress of the filming of 'The Adventures of the Nanny' is very long, and they have to assess the work of Chris Columbus at every node.

The heroine is the key to the success or failure of this film. The meaning of the two female producers of Touchstone is to start extensive casting now. "

Among the two agents, Richard was dropped by Ronald to the crew of "The Adventures of the Nanny".There are two former Paramount golden partners Eisner and Katzenberg sitting in charge, and the subordinates dare not make mistakes.

All kinds of production work are gradually advancing according to the expected progress.

"Did you mention Elizabeth Su?"

"I mentioned it. They also think Sue is suitable, but they still have to go through the standard audition process. They also want to find famous child stars such as Tatum O'Neill and Jodie Foster, as well as a Julia Louis-Dreyfus. It's also a potential option."

"Understood, but you have to persevere. The last round of interviews is to try the opening dance scene."

On the Touchstone side, all kinds of work are very formal and rigorous.Ronald wanted Elizabeth Sue to be selected, so he couldn't do it directly in the dark like "smugly".

And this movie is obviously a movie with a heroine as the main character.In this era when female protagonists are scarce, many child stars and young actresses are bound to be coveted.

During the audition, there is also the actor's union supervision, and the risk of black box operation is actually much greater than the "pretentiousness" that no one is optimistic about.

But Ronald also has a way.

Ronald specifically designated the opening scene of the dream in which Elizabeth Sue was on fire, hot and charismatic.Anyway, she was born as a gymnast. This kind of dance requires strong coordination. She must be the most likely to perform well and impress the judges.

As long as the appropriate judging criteria are selected, the final result can basically be predicted.

Having said that, the choice of Elizabeth Sue for this movie is obviously the most suitable.Screenwriter David Simkins said he was influenced by Ronald "The Dragon Boy" when he wrote the script.

The heroine is obviously a beautiful girl with tomboy characteristics, who dares to resist the injustice of boys many times.Simkins has intentionally or unintentionally used Elizabeth Sue as a template for many of the heroine's traits, incorporating many of her previous performances.

When Ronald and Chris Columbus, David Simkins had a meeting, he was also guiding his thoughts and ideas to them.It seems that Chris Columbus's thoughts have been subtly closer to his own.The possibility of choosing Su is still very high.

Nisita, Richard, and David Simkins coordinated work on both films.Nisita sent the two of them out of the office, turned around and closed the door, and came back to talk to Ronald about other things.

"I've got it all sorted. I've spoken to Kim Cattrall's agent that you're going to give her the lead role of 'Swagger'. She was two months before filming, and two months after filming, I'll be with you. I'll be on call. When the movie starts marketing next year, your relationship will be over.

During this period, she can't announce your relationship with her to the public, and she can't deliberately let people take any shots of you and her together.If she wants to take the opportunity to let the public know that she is your girlfriend or lover, she will face huge liquidated damages.

Her agent knows the rules. If she breaks the rules, not to mention liquidated damages, she will never get any role in Hollywood that takes more than 10 seconds to appear on the screen. "

"Wait, wait... I didn't intend to ask her to be my secret lover, did I? Why did you come up with a contract?" Ronald was stunned, and Nisita was too thoughtful.

"Didn't you propose to Fox that the heroine is your sphere of influence? That's how things like this are done.

What, you think she's not good enough?Is it because of old age?I've seen Cattrall in person, and she's just like the audition photos, a hot British beauty. "

"Um, I'm just not used to such an arrangement like a clear transaction..."

"It's okay, this is your right. If you don't like it, you don't have to perform it. The contract doesn't stipulate that you must call her."

Nisita knew that with Ronald's appearance, wealth, and power in Hollywood, there was no need to use this kind of exchange, and some actresses would take the initiative to find him.But how many of those actresses are sincere?A middle-aged man like him knows the benefits of making conditions clear.

"How's your own 'Dirty Dancing' going?" Nisita didn't dwell on the matter, asking about the progress of Ronald's self-funded release.

"Art director Stephen Laneweaver, found a Jewish resort in Virginia, Mountain Lake Villa. It is far from New York, there are not many tourists, and the business is not good. So we can afford the rent, short-term rental Come down and shoot.

But the Jews are very annoying. They see that we need this location, so they refuse to lower the price.It doesn't matter how we say this movie will be their best commercial when it comes out.

The production budget I set aside can only be rented for two weeks at most. In fact, the shooting time is not enough. "

"Have you ever thought about what to do?" Nisita asked.

"I have thought about embezzling part of the budget reserved for distribution and making the film first. But reason tells me that after making a plan, I must follow it, rather than ignore the enthusiasm of the artist..."

"How many days will you be shooting there?"

"Fifteen working days, three weeks."

"Hehe..." Nisita smiled, "Actually, as long as you don't announce to the media that it's your movie, in places like Virginia, there won't be people from the labor union to supervise it. After all, it's not Hollywood and New York, where the concentration of labor unions is the highest. place."

"What do you mean?" Ronald became interested.

Nisita mouthed her lips, but didn't say it.But Ronald had seen what he meant.

"work overtime……!"

(End of this chapter)